Here are some select recent clippings showing the variety of hits/mentions identifying musicians and scholars as Eastman School of Music alumni, faculty or students. (Note: Some links may have expired.)
(New Music USA 02/15/2023)
… It really came about through my relationship with Renée Fleming, which started because we are both alumni of the Eastman School of Music. Eastman had planned on commissioning a piece for their orchestra to play in New York on a tour. …
Opera singer Renée Fleming takes to the Met stage in ‘The Hours’ – Albuquerque Journal
(Albuquerque Journal 03/11/2023)
Puts worked on “Letters From Georgia,” which was commissioned by the Eastman School of Music. “Being at the Santa Fe Opera was incredibly …
Stewart Copeland, drummer of The Police, talks music ahead of Eastman performance
(RochesterFirst 03/08/2023)
… performing his “Police Derange for Orchestra” with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, and presented along with the Eastman School of Music. (Also reported by NewsBreak and WDKX)
Coltman Chamber Music Competition Announces 2023 Winners – The Violin Channel
(The Violin Channel 03/07/2023)
In the Senior Division String & Piano Category, this year’s First Place and Senior Division Grand Prize went to the Kodak Quartet. … Hailing from the US, Canada, and France, they formed at the Eastman School of Music and performed throughout the United States and Canada. It has worked with members of the American, Beethoven, Juilliard, Pacifica, Verona, and Ying Quartets.
Montgomery grad’s new music inspired by late grandfather who covered Civil Rights movement
(Houston Chronicle 03/08/2023)
Montgomery High School grad Adam Sadberry will premiere a new musical piece dedicated to the legacy of his late grandfather journalist L. Alex Wilson … Sadberry graduated from the Eastman School of Music in New York with a bachelor’s of music degree and performer’s certificate. He now travels the country performing and teaching.
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